Had a few interesting assignments from TimeOut Chicago recently, seems I got put on the controversy beat. I photographed members of a comedy troupe (Chicago’s Best Church of God) staging a mock protest, basically making sure to poke fun at every imaginable denomination. The next was for a volunteers issue, photographing a Planned Parenthood volunteer escort and the weekly protesters who show up outside. These situations are always interesting as people assume I am on one side or another, and both of these assignments found me getting some advice from a random folk or two on either side of things when I’m really just there to document. Not sure you can get more divisive than some of the topics broached here but I love being amongst people who are passionate for any reason and I was entertained and enlightened in a way by each assignment.